Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Podcast summaries

Part 1:
During a speech, Iran's leader said some inappropriate statements and was immediately criticized  and corrected for his language at that time. The speech was then posted on many different websites and people from all over the world saw the leader's mistake. But, some people feel as if he was just people a politician relating to the people.

Part 2:
Stephen Leonard is taking a year of his time to study the language, Inuktun, spoken by the Inughuit people. But, the Inughuit's life style might be in danger. Global warming has caused a glacier to break and a block of ice might ruin most the way of life the Inughuit people.

Part 3:
More foreign-made films have been discovered recently in movie rentals. Why? Some people believe this will increase the American people's desire to want to learn a foreign language. But, the plan didn't work out as it was supposed to. Many Americans still have no interest in learning a foreign language.

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